DocumentCode
2449391
Title
Aspects of Statistical Radar Polarimetry
Author
Boerner, Wolfgang-Martin
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
fYear
2006
fDate
26-29 Oct. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
A comparison between the Kennaugh matrix and the covariance matrix formulation of second-order moment radar polarimetry reveals fundamental relationships between power and variance aspects of bistatic and monostatic radar scattering from randomly distributed targets.
Keywords
covariance matrices; radar polarimetry; radar theory; Kennaugh matrix; bistatic radar scattering; covariance matrix formulation; monostatic radar scattering; randomly distributed targets; second-order moment radar polarimetry; statistical radar polarimetry; Backscatter; Covariance matrix; Electromagnetic scattering; Matrix decomposition; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Random variables; Symmetric matrices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas, Propagation & EM Theory, 2006. ISAPE '06. 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Guilin
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0162-3
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0163-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISAPE.2006.353502
Filename
4168163
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